8....that if the lead of the show is Black, you absolutely should bring a Black showrunner to run it with you, and give him equal agency. Your response was, "we don't need that, we did the Wire."
9. No one disputes The Wire's place in the canon. My point is, in an arena--the drug war--that ravaged the Black community for decades, that conflicted officers of color like my brother, when it comes to including a perspective of Black showrunner & giving him agency...
10. instead of thinking that Black showrunners perspective would be a necessary addition to what you're doing, your response is, "nah, we're good."
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